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black-breasted flycatcher
Thunderbird Thun"der*bird`, n. (Zo["o]l.) An Australian insectivorous singing bird (Pachycephala gutturalis). The male is conspicuously marked with black and yellow, and has a black crescent on the breast. Called also white-throated thickhead, orange-breasted thrust, black-crowned thrush, guttural thrush, and black-breasted flycatcher.
Bluebreast
Bluebreast Blue"breast`, n. (Zo["o]l.) A small European bird; the blue-throated warbler.
Breast
Breast Breast, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Breasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Breasting.] To meet, with the breast; to struggle with or oppose manfully; as, to breast the storm or waves.
Breast
Brest Brest, Breast Breast, n. (Arch.) A torus. [Obs.]
Breast drill
Drill Drill, n. 1. An instrument with an edged or pointed end used for making holes in hard substances; strictly, a tool that cuts with its end, by revolving, as in drilling metals, or by a succession of blows, as in drilling stone; also, a drill press. 2. (Mil.) The act or exercise of training soldiers in the military art, as in the manual of arms, in the execution of evolutions, and the like; hence, diligent and strict instruction and exercise in the rudiments and methods of any business; a kind or method of military exercises; as, infantry drill; battalion drill; artillery drill. 3. Any exercise, physical or mental, enforced with regularity and by constant repetition; as, a severe drill in Latin grammar. 4. (Zo["o]l.) A marine gastropod, of several species, which kills oysters and other bivalves by drilling holes through the shell. The most destructive kind is Urosalpinx cinerea. Bow drill, Breast drill. See under Bow, Breast. Cotter drill, or Traverse drill, a machine tool for drilling slots. Diamond drill. See under Diamond. Drill jig. See under Jig. Drill pin, the pin in a lock which enters the hollow stem of the key. Drill sergeant (Mil.), a noncommissioned officer whose office it is to instruct soldiers as to their duties, and to train them to military exercises and evolutions. Vertical drill, a drill press.
breast pang
Angina An*gi"na, n. [L., fr. angere to strangle, to choke. See Anger, n.] (Med.) Any inflammatory affection of the throat or faces, as the quinsy, malignant sore throat, croup, etc., especially such as tends to produce suffocation, choking, or shortness of breath. Angina pectoris, a peculiarly painful disease, so named from a sense of suffocating contraction or tightening of the lower part of the chest; -- called also breast pang, spasm of the chest.
breast wheel
Water wheel Wa"ter wheel` 1. Any wheel for propelling machinery or for other purposes, that is made to rotate by the direct action of water; -- called an overshot wheel when the water is applied at the top, an undershot wheel when at the bottom, a breast wheel when at an intermediate point; other forms are called reaction wheel, vortex wheel, turbine wheel, etc. 2. The paddle wheel of a steam vessel. 3. A wheel for raising water; a noria, or the like.
Breastband
Breastband Breast"band` (-b[a^]nd`), n. A band for the breast. Specifically: (Naut.) A band of canvas, or a rope, fastened at both ends to the rigging, to support the man who heaves the lead in sounding.
Breastbeam
Breastbeam Breast"beam` (br[e^]st"b[=e]m`), n. (Mach.) The front transverse beam of a locomotive.
Breastbone
Breastbone Breast"bone` (br[e^]st"b[=o]n`), n. The bone of the breast; the sternum.
Breast-deep
Breast-deep Breast"-deep` (br[e^]st"d[=e]p`), a. Deep as from the breast to the feet; as high as the breast. Set him breast-deep in earth, and famish him. --Shak.
Breasted
Breast Breast, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Breasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Breasting.] To meet, with the breast; to struggle with or oppose manfully; as, to breast the storm or waves.
Breasted
Breasted Breast"ed, a. Having a breast; -- used in composition with qualifying words, in either a literal or a metaphorical sense; as, a single-breasted coat. The close minister is buttoned up, and the brave officer open-breasted, on these occasions. --Spectator.
Breastfast
Breastfast Breast"fast`, n. (Naut.) A large rope to fasten the midship part of a ship to a wharf, or to another vessel.
Breastheight
Breastheight Breast"height`, n. The interior slope of a fortification, against which the garrison lean in firing.
Breast-high
Breast-high Breast"-high`, a. High as the breast.
Breasthook
Breasthook Breast"hook`, n. (Naut.) A thick piece of timber in the form of a knee, placed across the stem of a ship to strengthen the fore part and unite the bows on each side. --Totten.
Breasting
Breast Breast, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Breasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Breasting.] To meet, with the breast; to struggle with or oppose manfully; as, to breast the storm or waves.
Breasting
Breasting Breast"ing, n. (Mach.) The curved channel in which a breast wheel turns. It is closely adapted to the curve of the wheel through about a quarter of its circumference, and prevents the escape of the water until it has spent its force upon the wheel. See Breast wheel.
Breastknot
Breastknot Breast"knot` (br[e^]st"n[o^]t), n. A knot of ribbons worn on the breast. --Addison.
Breastpin
Breastpin Breast"pin` (br[e^]st"p[i^]n`), n. A pin worn on the breast for a fastening, or for ornament; a brooch.
Breastplough
Breastplow Breast"plow`, Breastplough Breast"plough`, n. A kind of plow, driven by the breast of the workman; -- used to cut or pare turf.
Breastplow
Breastplow Breast"plow`, Breastplough Breast"plough`, n. A kind of plow, driven by the breast of the workman; -- used to cut or pare turf.
Breastrail
Breastrail Breast"rail` (-r[=a]l`), n. The upper rail of any parapet of ordinary height, as of a balcony; the railing of a quarter-deck, etc.
Breastrope
Breastrope Breast"rope` (br[e^]st"r[=o]p`), n. See Breastband.
Breastsummer
Breastsummer Breast"sum`mer, n. (Arch.) A summer or girder extending across a building flush with, and supporting, the upper part of a front or external wall; a long lintel; a girder; -- used principally above shop windows. [Written also brestsummer and bressummer.]
Breastwheel
Breastwheel Breast"wheel` (br[e^]st" hw[=e]l`), n. A water wheel, on which the stream of water strikes neither so high as in the overshot wheel, nor so low as in the undershot, but generally at about half the height of the wheel, being kept in contact with it by the breasting. The water acts on the float boards partly by impulse, partly by its weight.
Breastwork
Breastwork Breast"work` (br[e^]st"w[^u]rk`), n. 1. (Fort.) A defensive work of moderate height, hastily thrown up, of earth or other material. 2. (Naut.) A railing on the quarter-deck and forecastle.
Broken breast
Broken breast Bro"ken breast` Abscess of the mammary gland.
Chicken-breasted
Chicken-breasted Chick"en-breast`ed, a. Having a narrow, projecting chest, caused by forward curvature of the vertebral column.

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